Editing Nintendogs (section)

===Awards===
In addition to recognitions from publications such as ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', ''[[BusinessWeek]]'' and the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times|Chicago Sun Times]]'', ''Nintendogs'' also won a wide variety of awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamezone.com/news/01_12_06_07_03AM.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420051511/http://www.gamezone.com/news/01_12_06_07_03AM.htm|archive-date=2010-04-20|title=Nintendogs Packs the Doghouse With Year-End Awards|date=January 12, 2006|publisher=Video Game News|access-date=Feb 1, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3]] 2005 [[Game Critics Awards]]: Best Handheld Game.<ref>{{cite web|title=2005 Winners|url=http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/2005winners.html|publisher=gamecriticsawards.com|year=2006|access-date=Feb 1, 2010|archive-date=June 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623153723/http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/2005winners.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''TheG33ks'' Bronze Award for best Nintendo DS game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nintendo-video-game.com/nintendogs/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130061427/http://nintendo-video-game.com/nintendogs/|archive-date=2010-01-30|title=Nintendogs|date=September 28, 2009|publisher=Nintendo Video Game|access-date=Feb 1, 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[Associated Press]]'': "Best Game of 2005"<ref name="gamezoneawards">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamezone.com/news/01_12_06_07_03AM.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420051511/http://www.gamezone.com/news/01_12_06_07_03AM.htm|archive-date=2010-04-20|title=Nintendogs Packs the Doghouse With Year-End Awards |date=12 January 2006|publisher=Gamezone.com|access-date=7 February 2010}}</ref>
* 2005 [[Japan Media Arts Festival]]: Excellence Prize<ref>{{cite web|url=http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2005/entertainment/000474/index.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624021024/http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2005/entertainment/000474/index.php|archive-date=2009-06-24|title=2005 Japan Media Arts Festival Entertainment Division Excellence Prize Nintendogs|publisher=Japan Media Arts Plaza|access-date=7 February 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[PC World (magazine)|PC World]]'': "2006 Innovation Award"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pcworld.about.com/news/Dec292005id123942.htm|title=2006 PC World Innovations Awards|publisher=About.com|access-date=7 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202091533/http://pcworld.about.com/news/Dec292005id123942.htm|archive-date=2 December 2009}}</ref>
* D&AD: Yellow Pencils Award 2006<ref>{{cite web|title=Yellow Pencil Awards|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=9488|publisher=gamesutra.com|access-date=2006-05-26|archive-date=2006-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627033554/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=9488|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]]: Best Animal-Friendly Video Game 2006<ref>{{cite web|title=2006 Winners |url=http://www.peta.org.uk/feat/proggy/2006/winners.html |publisher=PETA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526043609/http://www.peta.org.uk/feat/proggy/2006/winners.html |archive-date=May 26, 2006 }}</ref>
* ''[[IGN]]'': Editors' Choice Award<ref>{{cite web|title=IGN Editors' Choice Games |url=http://ds.ign.com/index/choice.html |website=IGN |access-date=2006-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716202100/http://ds.ign.com/index/choice.html |archive-date=July 16, 2008 }}</ref>
* ''[[IGN]]'': Best use of touch screen for Nintendo DS<ref>{{cite web|title=IGN.com presents the Best of 2005 |url=http://bestof.ign.com/2005/ds/15.html |website=IGN |access-date=2008-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308185446/http://bestof.ign.com/2005/ds/15.html |archive-date=March 8, 2008 }}</ref>
* ''[[GameSpot]]'': Editors' Choice award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://au.gamespot.com/misc/editorschoice/index.html|title=Editor's Choice - GameSpot|website=GameSpot|access-date=Feb 1, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115091802/http://au.gamespot.com/misc/editorschoice/index.html|archive-date=2010-01-15}}</ref>
* [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences|AIAS]] [[9th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]]: [[D.I.C.E. Award for Mobile Game of the Year|Handheld Game of the Year]], [[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement|Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering]] (tied with ''[[Guitar Hero (video game)|Guitar Hero]]'').<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/02/10/dice-2006-interactive-achievement-awards |title=DICE 2006: Interactive Achievement Awards |author=IGN Staff |website=[[IGN]] |date=17 June 2012 |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interactive.org/awards/IAA-9/winners.asp |title=9th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=27 October 2023 |archive-date=7 March 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060307200848/http://www.interactive.org/awards/IAA-9/winners.asp |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

''Nintendogs'' also had very successful launches in North America and Europe, with first week sales of over 250,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=6393|title=Nintendo Reveals Impressive U.S. Nintendogs Figures|website=Gamasutra|date=September 1, 2005|access-date=October 12, 2005|archive-date=November 19, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051119043353/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=6393|url-status=dead}}</ref> and 160,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/nintendo-claims-european-sales-boost-for-ds|title=Nintendo Claims European Sales Boost For DS|date=October 12, 2005|website=Gamasutra|access-date=October 12, 2005|archive-date=December 12, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051212092205/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=6811|url-status=live}}</ref> respectively. ''Lab & Friends'' received a "Double Platinum" sales award from the [[Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] (ELSPA),<ref name=dpelspa>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520070249/http://www.elspa.com/?i=3945 |url=http://www.elspa.com:80/?i=3945 |title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Double Platinum |work=[[Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] |archive-date=May 20, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> indicating sales of at least 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom.<ref name=gamasutrasales>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918063107/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php |title=ELSPA: ''Wii Fit'', ''Mario Kart'' Reach Diamond Status In UK | author=Caoili, Eric | date=November 26, 2008 |work=[[Gamasutra]] |archive-date=September 18, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ELSPA also gave ''Dalmatian & Friends'' a "Platinum" award, for at least 300,000 sales in the United Kingdom.<ref name=platinumelspa>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515224703/http://www.elspa.com/?i=3944 |url=http://www.elspa.com:80/?i=3944 |title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Platinum |work=[[Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] |archive-date=May 15, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  By August 2006, in the United States, ''Chihuahua & Friends'' had sold 570,000 copies and earned $17 million; ''Labrador & Friends'' had sold 620,000 copies and earned $19 million; and ''Dachshund & Friends'' had sold 730,000 copies and earned $22 million. During the period between January 2000 and August 2006, the games were respectively the 50th, 44th and 32nd highest-selling games launched for the [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Nintendo DS]] or [[PlayStation Portable]] in the United States.<ref name=nextgensales>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010052300/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0 |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0 |title=The Century's Top 50 Handheld Games| author=Keiser, Joe | date=August 2, 2006 |work=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |archive-date=October 10, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On March 23, 2006 at [[Game Developers Conference|GDC 2006]], Nintendo's president [[Satoru Iwata]] announced that international sales of ''Nintendogs'' sales had reached 6 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/23/gdc-the-nintendo-keynote-blow-by-blow/|title=GDC: The Nintendo keynote blow by blow (Updated)|publisher=Joystiq|access-date=2006-06-30|archive-date=2006-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060612213018/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/23/gdc-the-nintendo-keynote-blow-by-blow/|url-status=live}}</ref> By March 31, 2008, the game was the [[List of best-selling Nintendo DS video games|best-selling Nintendo DS game]] published by Nintendo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2008/080425e.pdf#page=6|title=Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2008: Supplementary Information|publisher=[[Nintendo]]|date=2008-04-25|format=PDF|page=6|access-date=2008-08-03|archive-date=2008-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910032513/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2008/080425e.pdf#page=6|url-status=live}}</ref> As of March 31, 2015, the combined sales of all versions has reached 23.96 million and it is now second on [[List of best-selling Nintendo DS video games|the Nintendo DS best-sellers list]] behind ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''.<ref name=mar15/>